Monday, January 14, 2013

PC POST #105: Punisher Animated Movie & Thunderbolts NOW!

Great news guys it seems that the Punisher will have a new animated movie after Rise of Technovore!!

In an interview posted by Word Balloon podcast, Jeph Loeb said that the Punisher and Black Widow will team up after the upcoming Iron Man: Rise of Technovore. We will be in "state" of alert about further developments for this movie.

Thunderbolts NOW!

By Tim Stevens
Sometimes disparate groups of people can come together and surprise
you with their camaraderie and teamwork as they overcome the odds and
seize the day.
Other times you end up like the cast of THUNDERBOLTS,
who find themselves under siege from outside forces and dissension in
the ranks starting with issue #7 out in March thanks to the creative
team of writer Daniel Way and artist Phil Noto.
“Going into the second arc, the Thunderbolts
are on the brink of self-annihilation, a development that would make a
large percentage of the Marvel Universe very, very happy,” Way reveals.
“You saw the cover for #7, right? That’s about the only working
relationship within the team going into the second arc, and even that
one isn’t free of mortal danger.”

However, just because the team does not work well together does not
mean they do not “work” well with their writer, who has been pleasantly
startled at how quickly the characters have felt comfortable to him.
“Once you start writing these characters, they just…materialize,
fully formed,” he enthuses. “That’s amazing, and it’s a credit to their
various creators. I’m a bit surprised at how, by their very design,
these characters still retain their ‘lone wolf’ personas, even while
operating as part of a group.
“And one other thing: I never would’ve guessed that Deadpool would become the ‘heart’ of the group.”
For Noto, the team has been a delight to draw although perhaps more of a challenge to fully realize.
“I've drawn Deadpool quite a bit, but I've always been a big fan of the Punisher and Venom, so that's a thrill,” he shares. “Red Hulk is great because of his size and contrast to the other characters. And I've always dreamed of drawing Elektra in a real comic book so I'm in heaven!

“Frank Castle's been the trickiest for me to draw. I
don't want to just ape another artist's Punisher, so I've tried to
create my original version of him. Usually a specific actor will come to
mind and that gives me a good foundation but I couldn't cast Frank in
my head. I ended up with some original head sketches though that are
working well.”
While Noto managed to find an approach to Frank that works, the
Thunderbolts will struggle in the book’s second arc. Vulnerable from
their internal squabbling, they quickly find themselves beset by an
enemy who represents a particularly painful threat to at least one
member of the team.

“It’s an established character, though one that hasn’t been seen in a
few years,” Way teases. “As far as how this character is related to the
Thunderbolts? To one of them, the answer is: ‘by blood.’”
Unfortunately, the external threats to the squad do not stop there.
“The level of blowback leveled at the Thunderbolts will soon match
the level of blowback occurring within the Thunderbolts,” Way divulges.
“After the events of issue #7 the CIA, in particular, will be more than
concerned with their actions.

Way and Noto promise fans the book will ratchet up the intensity to be more than equal to the strife the team now must face.
“I'm trying to add a bit more realism to this book in terms of the
‘world’ they inhabit,” Noto explains. “I feel the tone of the story is a
cool action/military adventure that just happens to have some super
hero characters in it. There's definitely a globe-hopping Indiana Jones/
Bond vibe to the variety of the locations.”
“Physically [this storyline takes the team] from one end of the Asian
continent to the other as well as a few quick jaunts into Eastern
Europe and North Africa,” Way notes.
“Emotionally, [they go] to the bleeding edge.”

It seems 2013 it will be a good year besides the canceled ongoing written by Rucka, but we will have two movies with the appearence of the Punisher maybe we got more news in the upcoming months, stay tuned!

5 comments:

Frank hooked up with elektra in Streets of Laredo. Well, he asked her out to dinner, at least. That Marvel movie with Black Widow is going to be animated. I think Marvel previously did a Punisher cartoon, but am not positive.

Oh yeah--the Super Hero Squad--that's when he went off about brussel sprouts!! HAHA!! I didn't know about any appearances on Spidey. I think I was confused about an earlier animated movie featuring just Punisher.